सखड्गौ चित्रवर्माणौ सनिष्काङ्गदभूषणौ ॥
रणे रणोत्कटौ राजन्न् अन्योन्यं पर्यकर्षताम् ॥
मुहूर्तम् इव राजेन्द्र परिकृष्य परस्परम् ॥
पश्यतां सर्वसैन्यानां वीराव् आश्वसतां पुनः ॥
असिभ्यां चर्मणी शुभ्रे विपुले च शरावरे ॥
निकृत्य पुरुषव्याघ्रौ बाहुयुद्धं प्रचक्रतुः ॥
sakhaḍgau citravarmāṇau saniṣkāṅgadabhūṣaṇau ||
raṇe raṇotkaṭau rājann anyonyaṃ paryakarṣatām ||
muhūrtam iva rājendra parikṛṣya parasparam ||
paśyatāṃ sarvasainyānāṃ vīrāv āśvasatāṃ punaḥ ||
asibhyāṃ carmaṇī śubhre vipule ca śarāvare ||
nikṛtya puruṣavyāghrau bāhuyuddhaṃ pracakratuḥ ||
With swords, in dappled armor, adorned with niṣkas and armlets, fierce in the battle, O king, they dragged each other. For a brief moment, O lord of kings, having dragged each other, before the eyes of all the armies, the two heroes again caught their breath. Having cut apart with their swords the two bright, broad shields that had deflected arrows, the tigers among men took up hand-to-hand combat.
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The battle narrows down to bare hands -- even the shields are hacked apart, and only the strength of bodies remains. It is telling that for a moment both "catch their breath" before the watching armies: even in mortal combat there is a pause that acknowledges each other's valor. The verse teaches that a true clash strips a man down to his essence, taking away one resource after another; and when no weapon remains, it is no longer skill but the very firmness of flesh and spirit that is tested.